User:Roxlef/Near-death studies

Recently, the work of Jeffrey Long has also attracted attention to the topic of NDEs in both the academic, and the popular field. He is a near death experience researcher who believes in life after death. In 2010 he released a book, co-authored with Paul Perry, called Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences. In the book Long presented results from research conducted over the last decade. Also, it was created off of research conducted on over 1300 NDEs. Research has also entered into other fields of interest, such as the mental health of military veterans. Goza studied NDEs among combat veterans. She found, among other things, that combat soldiers reported different, and less intense near-death experiences, compared to NDErs in the civilian population.

It is important to note that no two NDEs are the same, each one is subjective to whomever is experiencing said NDE.

According to an article by Dr. Marilyn Mendoza, although those who experienced NDE take more care in the relationships they surround themselves with, it can easily become difficult for those close to the survivor to get accustomed to their new outlook. Such a big change in perspective and personality can make it difficult to maintain relationships with those who were there before the NDE, and often the unfortunate outcome between significant others end up in divorce. This is due to the fact that the couple is often unable to adjust to the changes in personality of the NDE survivor.

An article published on January 30th 2020, Characterization of near death experiences using text mining analyses: A preliminary study, studied the near death experiences of 158 participants through text mining found that analyzing these experiences by the way participants explain them through speech can allow researchers to understand even more about NDEs, rather than just relying on the memories and self-report of participants. It was also proven that non-verbal communication like gestures and emotions can allow researchers to further understand NDEs and their heavy effect on people who have had them.